Despite healthcare providers having more than a decade to respond to HIPAA and related regulations, perform the mandatory risk evaluations, and tighten controls around personal health-related information, the number of individuals affected by exposure of personal health records doubled from 5.4 million in 2010 to 10.8 million in 2011.

In this free White Paper, we discuss the fines and penalties related to legal requirements as well as other risks that may affect information security decision within the healthcare industry.